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mortslim;534455 Wrote: Sony SCD-XA5400ES SACD player http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551storeId=10151langId=-1productId=8198552921665537319 Sony Cassette Player http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551storeId=10151langId=-1productId=11039145 My point being that just because they continue to sell players doesn't mean they haven't almost given up. Sony created SACDs, of course they're going to milk it for every penny that they can. Just like with Betamax or the MiniDisc. Regarding the quote from iTrax, again, of course he's going to say that. iTrax is a direct competitor to HDtracks. Any business that says, oh, you can get the same or even better quality stuff at a different store has something wrong with them and will go out of business pretty fast. Like I mentioned a couple of posts ago, why not just download the tracks yourself and just look at the files to check for audio content above 22K. If it's being ripped from the CD layer and upsampled, there should be nothing there right? -- cwp97 cwp97's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37412 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
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mortslim;533395 Wrote: Homework assignment: research DMCA Coming back to the thread after the weekend, I see we're still at it. I think Bruce made things pretty clear (thanks Bruce!). mortslim, DMCA? really? How is HDtracks breaking the DMCA if they have agreements with the labels and rightsholders to convert and sell the music? Oh, and about Andreas Koch: For the next four years he designed all of the digital componentry, algorithms and architecture for EMM Labs digital audio products; professional and audiophile. (from http://www.playbackdesigns.com/aboutus.html) Please tell me mortslim, do you have more information than the guy who actually designed the EMM?? -- cwp97 cwp97's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37412 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
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Wait, I thought we were talking about how HDtracks is supposed to be upsampling their music, not about SACD encryption. How is this supposed to prove/disprove that? Also, wouldn't the proprietary SACD chipset and carefully licensed and controlled hardware required to play the SACD found in a.. SACD player? The article from Positive Feedback was certainly interesting. From reading the article, Ed Meitner designs and sells SACD players so obviously he's going to be pushing the format, plus it was written in 2002. Technology must have surely advanced in the 8 years since then. You know that nothing is ever crack-proof. Look, I'm new at the whole audiophile thing and HDtracks looks like a good source of high resolution recordings. Wouldn't this whole issue be solved in about 5 minutes by you actually downloading a file from them and then analyzing it? Why haven't you done that instead of constantly attacking them? -- cwp97 cwp97's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37412 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
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ummm...the EMM Labs ADC8 MKIV converter doesn't appear to be limited to 44.1/24 (http://www.emmlabs.com/full/adc8/flow.html) and the sampling rate for an SACD is 2.8MHz? -- cwp97 cwp97's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37412 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
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Thanks for reposting that info. So I read the instruction manual and yes, the base frequency can only be set to 44.1 for DSD, but, there is another switch listed above that in the manual that sets the sample rate. Wouldn't setting that switch to 2fs give you 88.2 (2 x the base frequency)? -- cwp97 cwp97's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37412 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
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But that only 44.1kHz is allowed for DSD outputs and inputs applies to the base frequency. As far as I can tell, isn't that different from the actual sampling rate? Looking at the manual: 1FS / 2FS: Selects the sample rate for PCM data. FS is the base frequency (see 44.1 / 48 switch). 2FS position will mute outputs when the oversampling ratio is set to 128. 44.1 / 48: Selects the base frequency (only 44.1kHz is allowed for DSD outputs and inputs). Now, I don't own this thing nor have I ever used it but it seems like the 1FS/2FS switch is the actual thing that sets the sample rate. So if you select 44.1 as the base frequency and then set it to 2FS for the sample rate, that would give you 88.2 as the sampling rate, wouldn't it? Am I understanding this wrong? -- cwp97 cwp97's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37412 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
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Thanks for contacting them and posting their reply johnas. So I guess all this talk about switches and things was irrelevant? -- cwp97 cwp97's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37412 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
